Hamlet

The part of Hamlet was taken alternately by Paul Scofield and Robert Helpmann.

Cast & Crew

Crew
Bernardo	Robert Urquhart
Claudius	Anthony Quayle
Fortinbras	Manfred Priestley
Francisco	Paul Hardwick
Gertrude	Diana Wynyard
Ghost	Esmond Knight
Gravedigger 1	Esmond Knight
Gravedigger 2	Alfie Bass
Guildenstern	Douglas Wilmer
Hamlet	Robert Helpmann
Hamlet	Paul Scofield
Horatio	John Justin
Laertes	William Squire
Marcellus	William Monk
Norwegian Captain	Michael Gwynn
Ophelia	Claire Bloom
Osric	Noel Willman
Player 1	Michael Godfrey
Player 2	Ailsa Grahame
Player 3	Norman Mitchell
Polonius	John Kidd
Priest	Julian Amyes
Rosencrantz	John Van Eyssen
Unnamed parts	Alex Davion
Unnamed parts	Alan Dipper
Unnamed parts	Jean Fox
Unnamed parts	Timothy Harley
Unnamed parts	Keith Herrington
Unnamed parts	Harold Kasket
Unnamed parts	Tom Kneale
Unnamed parts	Edmund Purdom
Unnamed parts	Mairhi Russell
Unnamed parts	Heather Stannard
Unnamed parts	Lorna Whitehouse
Unnamed parts	Clifford Williams
Unnamed parts	David Wroe
Designer	James Bailey
Director	Michael Benthall
Music by	Brian Easdale
Playwright	William Shakespeare

Source: RSC Performance Database

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